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No. Officially it can not look. Is... or is not. There is no look like.

Trek, man I gotta believe even Ed himself is a little bit overwhelmed by your faith in him...

Calling all Canadians!! Walmart.ca is magically loaded with all sorts of LEGO EXCLUSIVES in stock online! Grand Emporium, Camper Van, Pet Shop, Town Hall, Sopwith Camel!! GO NOW! Load up and avoid the Ban hammer! lol

This is a known issue with Town Halls. If they are being retired early, it's probably because Chinese counterfeiters have infiltrated the production line. My first Town Hall came in a box stamped "Make Happy Luck Toy" and included Batman and Robin mounted on Speedorz. Also, the bricks appeared to be made from some sort of hard cheese. I wasn't brave enough to taste one. Fortunately, LEGO Shop at Home was very understanding when I called to start the return process.

Series 7 Source: The Brick Fan

Received my Town Hall from S@H today. I just opened it up and I'm concerned the minifigs are Chinese fakes. What should I do? I guess if I submit a missing parts claim, they'll replace the minifigs.

I got my first one today. Don't really care if it's retiring now or not. Can't beat double VIP points and the Christmas promo on an exclusive.

That is not all you just said. We can read it. It's still there.

Ummmmmm no its not.

...or....ahhh....forget it.

It has been mentioned before but it all falls back on TLG. The fact they underestimated the demand for a set like this so close to the holidays is a head scratcher.

Well, we still have no idea what is the usual size of the production run for something as big as TH or HH. My feeling is that for each set, the size of each run is the same - this would be the easiest to plan when multiple elements of supply chain are involved (printing, box manufacturing, etc). Also, something tells me that they were on schedule to produce 38R4 no matter what. BUT... the rumors are flying probably around some information that there is no next run scheduled (or there is no run scheduled for start of 2015). But this could be deceptive in the sense that TLC could probably easily skip a run based on market conditions, but will still schedule it for next run. i.e. hypothetically, they might skip run 48R4, but have no intention to skip 18R5 run. Some insider might have seen that TH is not on 48R4 menu, and communicated that. But he might not know about 18R5 or just did not bother to mention

As Jeff said, the only spreadsheet I have is my brain. You take some information here, some there, hear a rumor, look at stock levels. It's intuition. It's karma. Whatever. Many people on the site have the awareness. I guess when you study this crap for 20 hours a day, you get a feel for the way things operate. LOL

It is not retired until it is retired. And it is not retired yet.

Exciter1 and Ghostdad May be on to something here. So, I opened up my TH yesterday and wouldn't you know it, It came with a Fortune Cookie.

Ed's spreadsheet is in his brain.

No it does not really retired yet

Either you have not been fully awake when you wrote this, or I am not fully reading it now. Or in other words: what?

It's official. FYI... http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/1219-dino-theme-discussions/?p=344663 LEGO Jurassic World Sets Officially Announced Universal Partnerships & Licensing announced yesterday, what has been rumoured for a while: The LEGO Group is an official licensing partner for Jurassic World. The movie directed by Colin Trevorrow and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will premiere on June 12th, 2015. The partnership between LEGO and Universal includes the release of several construction toy sets to be released in May, 2015 and supposedly also a video game. The press release quotes Jill Wilfert, The LEGO Group

You were really exhausted. Let us know 4 times. Lol ;)

Well, we've had some recent break-ins in the neighborhood so I would keep my cash under my mattress, except that's where I store the larger lego boxes. Not only does it save space, but the corrugated cardboard adds an extra layer of cushiony comfort.

this...i only sell internationally via gsp.

Well - I had a similar experience yesterday: two HHs from Target arrived in one box, poorly packed and creased boxes (but still sealed). I called Target and explained the damage. After a couple of minutes on hold: guess what they did - they will refund one of the HHs, and I can keep both damaged ones. So in the end I got two HHs with box damage for 50% off. That's what I call a deal. Especially when I want to build one myself anyway. Target made my day today.

Howdy folks, I have been recently strapped for capital as many opportunities have come recently. Keep the info below to myself or share? Hmm. It is not gospel and it is only what I intend to do as I try to get more structure in my acquisitions. Here goes for some of the bigger sets. Feel free to comment, add your own, etc Past history in this series has shown me this is its second holiday season and if this line-up remains consistent it will the last time to buy this at retail. 10211 GE - Probably EOL 10214 Tower Bridge - still perplexed on this one. Have 4 would like at least 10...it is out of any other sets range I am trying to relate it too... Buy small amounts when 2x or 3x VIP points. 10218 Petshop - Wait till mid winter. If GE is indeed retiring I cannot see this disappearing at the exact same time. 10220 T1 Camper - I have already started to accumulate with 2x VIP and poly bag. Makes this set cheap. not sure what set to relate this too either as far as EOL goes. 10223 Joust (have 9) but I am afraid this will be a slow riser just like 10193. This is related to the previous castle theme just like MMV was when it was out. 10224 - OOS many places but I heard from a Lego employee the modular's will go in order, wink 10225 R2 - Start accumulate in late NOV 10226 Sopwith Camel Probably EOL 10227 B Wing EOL (EOL before R2) 10228 HH Probably EOL 10229 EOL 10230 EOL 10231 EOL 10232 Palace Cinema begin accumulating spring of 2016 unless something changes 10233 Horizon Express - Not sure on this one buy when discounts x2 VIP and polys are avail - treat this like a city train, Emerald Night or more like the Maersk train? 10234 Sydney Opera House one of my sleeper sets, higher price per piece but there are also a lot of larger pieces in this set. Look at how ordinary Taj Mahal was for types of pieces. This set is easily recognizable. I believe it will do well. Problem I have: will this follow Tower Bridge production time 4 years or more??? 10235 Winter Village Market - Buy as many as I can before the end of NOV. If I can pair with other discounts great. I take 10229 as an example...I waited on this one till this fall having only 1 on hand until recently...if this follows 10229's timeline it should be an easy 60-80% gain by next Christmas. That is well ahead on my normal annual appreciation rate. I can live with that. 10236 Ewok Village have zero...no idea on this one. 10237 Tower or Orthanc I should probably be accumulating this now. Have Zero. 10240 I will start buying this next May, hoping for a May 4th deal. 10241 Maersk 3x EEE will looking into it Feb- March 2015 10242 Mini Cooper - will this follow the T1 production timeline? If it does there is a lot time for this one. 10243 Parisian Restaurant One of my fav modulars (have 1) from a trade (thanks) will end up with 10+ on this one. No hurry though 10244 Mixer, not a lot of love for this set, had it included the Power Functions I would like it more...but I will be buying this one early summer 2015. Impressive when built, nice engineering when it is stored away. SLEEPER. 10245 Can't say enough about this set...buy now, buy more next year buy anytime there is any give away. (JMO) If it follows the "pattern" it may vanish late winter after Christmas but return late summer or next fall. Anyway other than other non-10xxx sets this has been fun to think about and post. Take it leave it, I am no authority on the matter. This is how I feel about the sets today.

I am going to practice my right to openly speculate!

The GE is not retired unless the product page on LEGO Shop at Home says "Retired Product".

Even if something is "probable" to retire, you are still holding on to them for at least 1/2 a year - a year anyway. No one knows the exact day a set will retire. You chose to make a leap of faith on some sets but not others. Thats the fun of lego investing right? I don't like star wars that much in general, and I don't buy it (but it does well).

Just speaking personally I was told Town Hall and Pet Shop would go before Grand Emporium. I was told by multiple stores and by pretty good resources in my book. Not you're usual "I think that is retiriing soon or next". I never ask this info but sometimes it is given out. When it starts to become a trend I also notice how the store stocks are each time I go in and the various stores I go to (have 8 stores in my travels so I can get a pretty good gauge of what is selling / not selling or available). Obviously not everyone can do that or yet alone have 1 store close to them. Then you can research your big 4 (TRU, Wal-Mart, Target, LEGO). GE has not been back in any of the stores I frequent since the whole retirement thing started. Thats usually a good sign its on its way out. TH and PS have been following that trend. HH and SC both did these same patterns as well. First Shop at Home goes then the other 3 online retailers then slowly the stores dry up and poof there all out. Then you see some small weekly store batches and in and out of internet sites as we've seen. For me HH hasn't been in store in about a month, GE I haven't seen for 3 months and SC hasn't been in the last few store shipments. TH was scarce to begin with at stores and PS wasn't far behind. Then you have Ebay sales which all of these have spiked at the past few weeks. GE is pulling in $225-230 again, TH has been quietly going up weekly for the past few weeks until now its a solid $275 to 300. So the signs are there and have been there. Then for someone who owns/runs the site to nicely drop subtle hints and basically come out and say its retiring and now would be a good time to get some if you want them. I think its a safe bet to invest in them if you can. If you can't thats fine but even if you can't afford to store them just move them now. That way if you don't believe its retiring then you can make some easy money for the next few weeks / months while they pop in and out. If you just buy 2 and flip one you're into the 2nd one for roughly $150. At $150 you can always dump your 2nd one at retail if you can't afford to hold. If you bought them at lego you're only paying $160 a piece to begin with right now with the promos so flipping 1 gets you down to $100ish for your 2nd one. Its a very low risk time to buy these is my point. It will be hard to get to many of them built up right now anyways. The 5 per limit on Walmart yesterday was the best bulk way to get them if you did want to build them up. Theres no reason 3 modulars can't go in the next few months. Theres still 2 out with the 3rd on the way and they take up a ton of shelf space at the stores. Town Hall was never a big seller at the store level from what I can see. Thats why were seeing other large exclusives online only like Maersk and HE lately too. They just don't have the room. Some of the stores said they might have them in at the holidays briefly but other than that there online only for awhile now. I could se ToO also going online only after the holidays as LOTR/Hobbit section is abysmal at most stores to begin with. Literally tucked in a crevice right now. They didn't even sell when they were all marked 20% off over the summer (not ToO but the LOTR/Hobbitt lines). The only reason they have the sections is ToO as its the flagship and then they tuck those around it. Once the new Hobbit sets come and go that beast could definitely be gone. Anyways the signs are there TH is on its way out. Whether your believe inside information or not is up to you but there are people with knowledge and multiple sources have said its leaving sooner than later (on and off this site). Worst case scenario flip the ones you get now and you still win. You make your other purchases cheaper and if they hang around to long for what you desire you'll be able to move the rest you pickup without a loss as somebody else will buy them from you to hold.

maybe they had shortage of black pigment for ABS Or batman capes... part 4652745 is out of stock ROFL... maybe that is why Batcave is OOS...

well, let us just say that SSD never had no stinking "retired soon" flag

bought two misb 10226 sopwith camels for $92 each last week. picked up 1 loose (for my son) and 1 new 10228 HH. i hate paying even $5 over MSRP.

I ordered a GE over the phone when it was "call to check availability" and when I received it yesterday there was the Holiday promo, as expected, as well as a 40092 Reindeer set which they threw in for free.

Just sold my last one for $70 shipped. Now if they come back I will buy some more at $20, otherwise I am done with this set and it was a fun ride.

In this case, 38R4 was done _before_ panic buy

GSP is the only thing I use for international shipping. So far, it's been great. Where else can you ship a large item internationally for $10? Yes, I just shipped a 41999 Technic: 4x4 Crawler the other day internationally for $10 shipped, insured, w/ signature confirmation. I do get a best offer sometimes and they don't want to use GSP, but I insist they use USPS Priority Mail Express and pay the full amount, so that works too.

Ps I like the Kleenex box thank you jais

Guys everything is fine. Its ok. But I do see the point that I set myself up to be picked on by trying to defend someone who certainly does not need me to defend him. So in that regard the topic is done and we can just move along move along... I mean the best for BP, everyone on it and want everyone to succeed.

No, they're not contraband. Contraband items are those that have been imported or exported outside the laws of the respective countries/regions. These are, however, violations of trademarks. It's up to TLG and the license holders (Marvel, DC, etc.) to identify and file for their removal. eBay is in no position to determine a real vs. fake minifig or set -- not their job, nor do they have the expertise. So far, TLG and Marvel, DC, etc. don't seem to care much. If these items are listed in the LEGO categories, many of us have had success in reporting them and having them removed. Edited to add: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/2804-knockoff-brands-bootleg-bricks-mimicked-minifigures/ is a thread that covers the issue extensively.

Savages on this board.

I know it's somewhat unlikely that you all don't own the LEGO games. There's a sale going on right now on XBox Marketplace and the following games. Dark Souls 1 - $4.99 / Requires Xbox Gold subscription Dark Souls 2 - $23.99 / Requires Xbox Gold subscription METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES - $9.99 / Requires Xbox Gold subscription Red Johnson's Chronicles - $4.99 / Requires Xbox Gold subscription No gold required: Batman: Arkham City - $4.99 Batman: Arkham Asylum - $4.99 Batman: Arkham Origins Season Pass - $9.99 Batman

That is based upon a consumer market that stays stagnant. In 5 years when we are at the modular building X, there will be people that want the GE just like there are people now that want the fire brigade or green grocer. Perhaps you'll have to make your product description in Mandarin by that time, but you will be able to sell it with a nice profit.

You wouldn't be the guy that got carried out of my local tru, would you?

I found a dol guldur ambush for $5 at Walmart

After phoning around, I finally found a target with an ISD 75055. Picked it up for $55cdn + tax

1 mixer just cause it seemed like the thing to do today. At this point I fear the wife's snip snip more than I fear Lego's ban hammer .

That's excellent, thank you so much for the info. No worries about safety, I make my girlfriend do the dirty work...she's a traitorous drunk anyway:

< bleep > S @ H for canceling my backordered HH and practically sold it to other buyer

True. It was a risky set when it was available, no doubt. I bought a few, but not enough...always passing it by for a flashier set. But if people really took a look at it more closely, they would have seen that it had over 1000 pieces and 7 minifigs for $119.99...which was discounted often. It was a unique looking set, maybe even ugly, but it will probably continue to do well because of that uniqueness.

If I were you I'd buy the corporate alliance tank droid. It's cheaper, has Jango Fett, and it's cooler looking.